BARACK OBAMA: The United States of America cannot afford to bet our long-term prosperity, our long-term security, on a resource that will eventually run out.
Slums sprouted skyscrapers long before prosperity came to India.
"For long term prosperity and security there must be long term vision.
"The impact of such a policy would be damaging for the country's long term prosperity and for our customers".
As long as prosperity and incomes remain so divided geographically, the spectre at the local feast is redistribution.
The challenge to policymakers and the public is to balance economic benefits with the need to conserve and replenish regional natural resources in a manner that ensures long term prosperity.
And the question is: What is it that induces us to pursue long term prosperity?
Kall: Well, he did say last night that we've gone down the path seeking short term profits instead of long term prosperity.
And so there is, quite simply, no sustainable route back to long term prosperity in Bonn and Boston and Bristol, without growth in Accra and Addis and Abuja.
The prospect of long-term prosperity tied to oil and gas wealth is already beginning to change the long dismal demographics of the area.
